Fight Club will always probably be my #1 because of the political philosophy. And on top of that it's an incredibly cool movie in every other way. If there's a way a movie could be better than Fight Club then I haven't figured it out yet.

Number two would probably be Storm of the Century (based off of Stephen King). It grabs you at the beginning of the movie and never lets go. It is based upon the Trolley Example at a fundamental level and could be the basis of in-depth philosophical discussion if enough people watched it to debate it.

I guess Waking Life would be my number three, it's just non-stop intense philosophical discussion for the entire movie. It's much more profound regarding dreams than something like Inception, after watching it I had an amazing night while asleep as my mind processed what I had just experienced.

Beliefs in a nutshell:
- The Ends never justify the Means.
- Objectivity is secondary to subjectivity.
- The War on Drugs is the worst policy in the U.S.
- Most people worship technology as a religion.
- Computers will never become sentient.

"The Collectivist experiment is thoroughly suited (in appearance at least) to the Capitalist society which it proposes to replace. It works with the existing machinery of Capitalism, talks and thinks in the existing terms of Capitalism, appeals to just those appetites which Capitalism has aroused, and ridicules as fantastic and unheard-of just those things in society the memory of which Capitalism has killed among men wherever the blight of it has spread."
- Hilaire Belloc -

To say one has free will, to have chosen other than they did, is to say they have will over their will... Will over the will they have over their will... Will over the will they have over the will they have over their will, etc... It's utter nonsense.

At 2/24/2015 9:57:09 AM, Ajabi wrote:Movies are wonderful art pieces. So I thought we would share our three favorite movies. I think we can learn a lot from certain movies, and so I shall post my favorites. I urge everyone to watch them.

Allow me to name them:1. Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman2. In The Presence of a Clown by Ingmar Bergman3. The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman

Close runner ups include Summer with Monika also by Bergman, Casablanca, Doctor Zhivago, Bitter Moon, and more recently Pan's Labyrinth.

As you may notice other than PL all of these films are slightly old, but I urge you to watch them. All three of my favorites are by Bergman, and he was a master, truly.

- All by Ingmar Bergman, interesting. I've watched his movie Fanny and Alexander, freaking long movie, but damn it leaves an impression.

>>> I have a system where I divide my movies into these categories:

- Story:> The Godfather.> Le Comte de Monte Cristo.> Gone with the Wind.

"The Collectivist experiment is thoroughly suited (in appearance at least) to the Capitalist society which it proposes to replace. It works with the existing machinery of Capitalism, talks and thinks in the existing terms of Capitalism, appeals to just those appetites which Capitalism has aroused, and ridicules as fantastic and unheard-of just those things in society the memory of which Capitalism has killed among men wherever the blight of it has spread."
- Hilaire Belloc -

At 2/25/2015 3:31:13 PM, Blade-of-Truth wrote:1. Waking Life2. The man who would be king3. Doomsday Book

You, sir, need to watch In the Presence of a Clown.

Okay, I'll try to find a copy of it online and will watch it tomorrow night. It better be good! ;)

You may find it on YouTube. After that watch The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. :P

I actually did just find a copy of it on YouTube, but it wasn't in English so that didn't work. Apparently it's not a very well-known film because I'm having more difficulty than usual in finding a decent source online. I've read some of the reviews and they are mostly praising the film, so I'm definitely intrigued enough to be annoyed by the lack of results right now, lol.

At 2/25/2015 3:31:13 PM, Blade-of-Truth wrote:1. Waking Life2. The man who would be king3. Doomsday Book

You, sir, need to watch In the Presence of a Clown.

Okay, I'll try to find a copy of it online and will watch it tomorrow night. It better be good! ;)

You may find it on YouTube. After that watch The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. :P

I actually did just find a copy of it on YouTube, but it wasn't in English so that didn't work. Apparently it's not a very well-known film because I'm having more difficulty than usual in finding a decent source online. I've read some of the reviews and they are mostly praising the film, so I'm definitely intrigued enough to be annoyed by the lack of results right now, lol.

At 2/25/2015 3:31:13 PM, Blade-of-Truth wrote:1. Waking Life2. The man who would be king3. Doomsday Book

You, sir, need to watch In the Presence of a Clown.

Okay, I'll try to find a copy of it online and will watch it tomorrow night. It better be good! ;)

You may find it on YouTube. After that watch The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. :P

I actually did just find a copy of it on YouTube, but it wasn't in English so that didn't work. Apparently it's not a very well-known film because I'm having more difficulty than usual in finding a decent source online. I've read some of the reviews and they are mostly praising the film, so I'm definitely intrigued enough to be annoyed by the lack of results right now, lol.

At 2/24/2015 9:57:09 AM, Ajabi wrote:Movies are wonderful art pieces. So I thought we would share our three favorite movies. I think we can learn a lot from certain movies, and so I shall post my favorites. I urge everyone to watch them.

Allow me to name them:1. Wild Strawberries directed by Ingmar Bergman2. In The Presence of a Clown by Ingmar Bergman3. The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman

Close runner ups include Summer with Monika also by Bergman, Casablance, Doctor Zhivago, Bitter Moon, and more recently Pan's Labyrinth.

As you may notice other than PL all of these films are slightly old, but I urge you to watch them. All three of my favorites are by Bergman, and he was a master, truly.

Wild Strawberries is a very good movie. Haven't seen too much by Bergman though.

My favorites would be1. There Will Be Blood2. No Country for Old Men3. Birdman

"Music is a zen-like ecstatic state where you become the new man of the future, the Nietzschean merger of Apollo and Dionysus." Ray Manzarek (The Doors)

"Some will sell their dreams for small desires
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights..."